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WHEEZING
asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy
(adjective) relating to breathing with a whistling sound
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
wheezing (plural wheezings)
The quality or symptom of breathing with an audible wheeze
Verb
wheezing
present participle of wheeze
Source: Wiktionary
WHEEZE
Wheeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wheezed; p. pr. & vb. n. Wheezing.] Etym: [OE. whesen, AS. hwsan (cf. Icel. hvæsa to hiss, Sw. hväsa, Dan. hvæse); akin to AS. hwsta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h, Lith. kosti to cough, Skr. k. sq. root43. Cf. Husky hoarse.]
Definition: To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma. "Wheezing lungs." Shak.
Wheeze, n.
1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration.
2. (Phon.)
Definition: An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the "stage whisper." It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of tone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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